Management of right ventricular outfl ow tract obstruction: Evolution to revolution

Right ventricular myxoma causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

Cardiac myxomas are the most common neoplasms of the heart. They can be located in any chamber of the heart but frequently in the left atrium. In this report we present a patient who had been treated for a right ventricular myxoma originating from the interventricular septum and leading to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

Acquired right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

I t is not unusual for complicated aneurysms of the ascending aorta to affect left ventricular function. Processes causing or associated with an aneurysm may narrow the coronary artery ostia and produce myocardial ischemia or infarction; the aneurysm may distort the aortic valve ring and produce aortic insufficiency with subsequent left ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation, and failure. However,...

Ventricular septal defect patch causing right ventricular inflow tract obstruction.

A52-year-old black woman with history of ventricular septal defect (VSD) as a child presented with dyspnea on exertion, abdominal swelling, and bilateral lower extremity edema of 2 weeks’ duration. Her physical examination revealed elevated jugular venous pressure, tricuspid stenosis murmur, and ascites. Transthoracic echocardiograms (Figures 1 and 2) showed marked right atrial dilatation, seve...

Alcohol ablation of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

Extracavitary cardiac carcinoid presenting with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

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